tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21300538476780666602018-03-05T21:05:44.646-08:00Ma and Pa Films BlogMary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-24692119807636458922014-05-30T11:59:00.000-07:002014-05-30T11:59:48.824-07:00Updates for 2014 - even though it's more than halfway over!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">School is out and Summer is almost here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4JgWIHrnk8/U4jUJXXzDKI/AAAAAAAAAF8/oHkN9DxJ6ck/s1600/Beach+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4JgWIHrnk8/U4jUJXXzDKI/AAAAAAAAAF8/oHkN9DxJ6ck/s1600/Beach+2.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I've neglected the blog for awhile. Got caught up in <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and the <b><i><a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">Lost In Living</a></i></b> <a href="http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=893403bea10a2e598e421c151&amp;id=115f73090d" target="_blank">Newsletter</a>. So here's a quick update about what we've been up to.<br /><br />In January we filmed a short documentary about the prolific and wonderful contemporary composer, Gunther Schuller. We are just finishing that up as I write this and will be sharing it very soon.<br /><br />We completed a book trailer for the talented writer, Karen Maezen Miller. It is about her third book, <b><i>Paradise in Plain Sight</i></b> and we had the great fortune to spend all day in her beautiful 100 year old Japanese Garden. Click <a href="http://youtu.be/SLsE1qGNkU8" target="_blank">here</a> to see the trailer.<br /><br />Mary spent the semester teaching at Art Center College of Design and at Loyola Marymount University. She designed a new class for LMU to teach dance students how to make dance videos. And it was a blast.<br /><br /><b><i><a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">Lost In Living</a></i></b> screened at the Beloit International Film Festival in Wisconsin, and as part of The Egg, the Womb, the Head and the Moon exhibit in the UK, and at Canon Hollywood hosted by Los Angeles Camera Women and for Expressing Motherhood in Los Angeles.<br /><br />The Library Journal gave <b><i>Lost In Living</i></b> it's highest rating saying it was highly recommended! YAY! The film was also streaming free for International Women's Day and for the entire Mother's Day weekend. Ma and Pa Films partnered with <a href="http://www.expressingmotherhood.com/" target="_blank">Expressing Motherhood</a>, <a href="http://www.mommytonk.com/" target="_blank">Mommy Tonk</a> (a terrific comedy music duo) and author, <a href="http://www.amandahirsch.com/" target="_blank">Amanda Hirsch</a> to share their work for Mother's Day. More free streaming opportunities coming soon. Like the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> to get all the updates. DVD's are also available on the website <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />Mary has signed on to be a Sister Wifey with <a href="http://wifey.tv/">Wifey.tv</a> and is curating videos for her section of the channel. Wifey.tv is a collaboration between Rebecca Odes and Jill Soloway. You can check out the <a href="http://www.wifey.tv/" target="_blank">site</a> here and Mary's page <a href="http://wifey.tv/author/mary/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />The summer is full of travels to start filming the new documentary project that may turn out to be some kind of hybrid - photos, website, video, music, etc. Stay tuned! And thanks for checking in.<br /><br />xoMary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-2786785821019084782013-05-31T14:35:00.002-07:002013-05-31T14:40:29.186-07:00More Amazing Mothers Who Are Artists<br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: #383c3f; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 100% !important;"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="backgroundTable" style="background-color: #383c3f; height: 100%px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="templateContainer" style="background-color: white; 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font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 34px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><img align="none" height="399" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/clarestudio_3.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 399px; line-height: 34px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 600px;" width="600" /></h1><h2 class="h2" style="color: #202020; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><u>More Mothers and Artists You Must Meet</u></i></span></span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;">Throughout the making of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self"><em><strong>Lost In Living</strong></em></a>&nbsp;and as the film screens in various places I have the great pleasure of receiving letters and emails from some of the most talented, determined, resilient artists who are also mothers. &nbsp;I feel quite honored to be the recipient of their very kind words about the film and their stories of balancing creative lives while raising children. &nbsp;All of them have unique narratives and situations and all of them persevere in work and parenting. &nbsp;I am greatly inspired by them and I will be sharing their work in this newsletter and many more to come. &nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><u><strong><br /></strong></u></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><u><strong>CLARE KIRKCONNELL/Painter, Mother</strong></u></span></span><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img align="none" height="200" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/kirkconnell_fireandsmoke_48x54_0036_2.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 200px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 200px;" width="200" />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img align="none" height="200" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/untended_gardens_i_poppies_ck_e.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 200px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 200px;" width="200" />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img align="none" height="200" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/dfn_09_lights_on_water.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 200px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 200px;" width="200" /></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.clarekirkconnell.com/">http://www.clarekirkconnell.com/</a></span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">Born in Brownsville, Texas, Clare Kirkconnell spent a number of years in Mexico City before returning to Houston to finish high school. Developing an interest in the arts, she continued her education at Palomar College in San Marcos, California, a school well known for its art program. After college, Clare spent several years as a fashion model traveling the world from bases in New York and Paris. Concurrently, she studied acting and landed several film and television roles, including a three year run as the female lead in the highly acclaimed drama, "The Paper Chase." Never abandoning her interest in painting, Clare continued her studies at Santa Monica College and Otis Parsons School of Design. Her work has been consistently well received and can be found in many private collections, including the American Embassy in Kuwait. When not in the studio, Clare’s time is divided between her husband and son, the family wine business, “Hollywood and Vine Cellars” and a deep, abiding urge to see every corner of the globe.</span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><u><strong><br /></strong></u></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><u><strong>MORGAN NICHOLS/Writer, Poet, Novelist, Mother</strong></u></span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img align="none" height="300" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/Morgan_Nichols.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 300px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 199px;" width="199" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://morgancnichols.wordpress.com/">http://morgancnichols.wordpress.com/</a></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://mindthegapmotherhood.wordpress.com/">http://mindthegapmotherhood.wordpress.com/</a></span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Morgan is a freelance writer, poet, novelist and children’s story writer. She loves to write about what makes us tick as creative and soulful beings. She is lit up by characters who give us insight into our&nbsp;deepest longings and our own journeys. At the moment she is working on ‘Stirring the Cauldron’ (working title), a non-fiction book about being a mother&nbsp;and keeping the creative fire and the spiritual journey alive,&nbsp;which weaves together content from interviews with mothers with her own experience. She is also working on two novels, one magical realist style and one that she terms ‘new age chic lit’,&nbsp;and collaborating with an illustrator to bring her children’s book, ‘The Lonely Oak’, to publication. She offers regular creative writing workshops in East Sussex (Lewes &amp; Brighton) including workshops for mothers of young children to explore their experiences.<br /><br />Her writer/poet inspirations are Lionel Shriver, Louise Tondeur, Kate Atkinson, Jeanette Winterson, Cate Kennedy, Alice Hoffman, Bernadette Cremin, Mary Oliver, Sharon Olds, Charles Bukowski, Leonard Cohen, Mark Hudson and Audrey Niffenegger. For creative mentorship/inspiration she loves L</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">eonie Dawson</span><span style="color: black;">, S</span><span style="color: black;">ARK</span><span style="color: black;">, N</span><span style="color: black;">atalie Goldberg</span><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;and Julia Cameron.</span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><u>ELSIE KAGAN/Painter, Mother</u></b></span></span><br /><br /><img align="none" height="175" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/Elsie_Kagan_48.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 175px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 230px;" width="230" />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img align="none" height="225" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/Elsie_Kagan_73.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 225px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 338px;" width="338" />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img align="none" height="225" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/Elsie_Kagan_88.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 225px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 225px;" width="225" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.elsiekagan.net/">http://www.elsiekagan.net</a></span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Elsie Kagan, who hails from Berkeley, CA, moved to New York in 2005. She studied painting at Tyler School of Art (MFA) and Wesleyan (BFA), and has pretty much painted ambitious works on large surfaces from the time she was a self-taught muralist at the age of 15. Highly influenced by the Baroque ceiling paintings she observed while spending her grad school year abroad in Rome, Kagan reaches, in her own work, for a similar sense of drama and sensuous physicality -- albeit updated to a contemporary painting language that embraces surface drip and gesture. Part Ab-Ex bravura, part old-school atelier, Kagan's paintings 'foreshorten' formalistic concerns from art history's past and contemporary painting's present. Kagan's most recent works are square-format landscapes in which she manages to subsume both her love for the light of Northern European painting (Jacob van Ruisdael, Rubens) and the passing of the seasons outside her studio window. Kagan works in Gowanus, Brooklyn.</span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="color: darkorange;">NEWS ABOUT&nbsp;</span><a href="http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self"><span style="color: darkorange;"><i>Lost In Living</i></span></a><span style="color: darkorange;">:</span></strong></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><img align="none" height="129" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/photos_characters_line_825x129.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 129px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 825px;" width="825" /></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">DVD's are now available for sale on the website&nbsp;<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">here</a>. &nbsp;Thank you for your support and for sharing this film with friends and family.<br /><br />Please like the facebook page&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>&nbsp;to get the most recent information and specific details about future screenings. &nbsp;And if you are not a subscriber of the newsletter please join by clicking&nbsp;<a href="http://maandpafilms.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=893403bea10a2e598e421c151&amp;id=9fc199c119" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>.<br /><br />We have two upcoming screenings in Fargo, North Dakota and at The National Gallery in the Cayman Islands. &nbsp;I will be at the Fargo screening on Thursday, June 13th. &nbsp;That screening takes place at the beautiful and Historic Fargo Theatre at 7pm and the event is free. &nbsp;All four women from the film will be attending as well and a discussion panel will take place following the screening and moderated &nbsp;by Colleen Sheehy, Director and CEO of The Plains Arts Museum in Fargo. &nbsp;Hope to see you there! <br /><br /><em><strong>Lost In Living</strong></em>&nbsp;will screen at The National Gallery in the Cayman Islands on June 19th. &nbsp;Unfortunately it is cost prohibitive for me to attend but if anyone out there would like to contribute to the air fare and join me, that would be most welcome. &nbsp;I'm not exactly sure of the time of the screening yet.<br /><br />House Parties have been popping up all over where small groups are screening the film in living rooms and having lively discussions about the film. &nbsp;I offer a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/store.html" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">House Party Kit</a>&nbsp;that includes the DVD of the film, an Extras DVD with an hour and a half of extra footage, a 23 page discussion guide, postcard invitations and a totebag. &nbsp;I can also be available to skype after the screening and answer questions. &nbsp;So please check out the House Party Kit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/store.html" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>. <br /><br />As always I thank you for your incredible support and please feel free to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:marytrunk@sbcglobal.net?subject=Something%20to%20share" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">email me&nbsp;</a>anytime if you have questions or comments, you'd like to share something in the newsletter or share your work. &nbsp;I love hearing from you. &nbsp;</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" id="templateFooter" style="background-color: white; 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border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 217px; line-height: 34px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 293px;" width="293" /></h1><h2 class="h2" style="color: #202020; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><u>Mothers and Artists You Must Meet</u></i></span></span></h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;">Throughout the making of&nbsp;<em><strong><a href="Http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">Lost In Living</a></strong></em>&nbsp;and as the film screens in various places I have the great pleasure of receiving letters and emails from some of the most talented, determined, resilient artists who are also mothers. &nbsp;I feel quite honored to be the recipient of their very kind words about the film and their stories of balancing creative lives while raising children. &nbsp;All of them have unique narratives and situations and all of them persevere in work and parenting. &nbsp;I am greatly inspired by them and I will be sharing their work in this newsletter and other newsletters in the future. &nbsp;Here are three women who write, perform, sing, play music, photograph, collage and paint. &nbsp;I hope you are as inspired as I am.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u><strong>ANDREA PETERMAN/Singer, Songwriter, Mother</strong></u></span></span><br /><br /><img align="none" height="332" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/AndreaPeterman.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 332px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.andreapeterman.com/index.html">http://www.andreapeterman.com/index.html</a></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><br /><span style="color: black;">Born in Minneapolis, Andrea spent her early childhood in Minnesota, Michigan, and rural Wisconsin, and her teen years in the mountain town of Missoula, Montana. She headed back to the Midwest to attend Northwestern University, where she studied classical voice, acting, and dance, and earned degrees in music and history. Before writing and performing her original material, she spent a number of years on the stage, eventually making her way to New York City, where she used her vocal skills in musical theater and acted in theater and film. She started performing with live bands after a move to Los Angeles, singing jazz, blues, and pop standards. Her first song was written for a character in a screenplay she was co-writing with a friend. The response prompted her to write more and soon she was playing her alt-country originals in clubs and bars around Los Angeles with her band, The Alternators. Her first album, Miles To Go, was released in early 2008. Andrea currently lives in Seattle with her husband and two young children. After taking a break to tend to the babies, she is at work on her second album.</span></span><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><u><strong>AMANDA HIRSCH/Writer, Performer, Mother</strong></u></span></span><br /><img align="none" height="361" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/Amanda_Hirsch.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 361px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 332px;" width="332" /><br /><br /><a href="http://amandahirsch.com/">http://amandahirsch.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Amanda's New Book<br /><em><strong>Feeling My Way: Finding Motherhood Without Losing Myself</strong></em></span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00C5VPTR6/creativedc-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00C5VPTR6/creativedc-20</a></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;">Brooklyn-based writer and performer Amanda Hirsch was 34 years old when she and her husband decided they wanted to have a child. The decision was prompted when her doctor told her, "'Maybe' never turns into 'no,' and it only gets harder as you get older." Bam. Hirsch found out she was pregnant in the middle of Hurricane Irene, and she chronicles the stormy emotions of pregnancy, from elation, to shock, to sheer terror at the prospect of what having a child will do to her life. Like all women, Hirsch wears many hats -- in her case, the hats include artist, business owner and wife; how will she wear the motherhood hat without sacrificing other parts of her identity that are so important to her? Once her daughter is born, she is overcome with love, and documents the disorienting rush of new motherhood, while showing us how she slowly re-inhabits the other parts of her life. Motherhood does change her, but it doesn't limit her.<br /><br />This is a book for pregnant women anticipating parenthood, for new mothers who want to know they aren't alone as they adjust to this profound change in their lives, and for any mother who wants to remember what it felt like when this enormous part of their identity was brand spanking new. It's also a book for anyone looking for a window into how new motherhood feels, and for anyone struggling to lead a life that balances many passions.</span></span><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><u><strong><span style="color: black;">MICHELLE JOHNSTON/Writer, Photographer, Painter, Collage Artist, Mother</span></strong></u></span><br /><br /><img align="none" height="457" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/MJ_art.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 457px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 664px;" width="664" /><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://michellejohnston.net/">http://michellejohnston.net</a></span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;">Michelle Johnston lives in Bungendore NSW, Australia with her husband, three girls, a cat called Matisse, six chooks and a very large garden. &nbsp;Michelle is the Author and Publisher of&nbsp;<em><strong>Woman on the Verge - The Subject is Herself</strong></em>. &nbsp;She is also contributing to the Arts in the Canberra Region giving Art-Journal and Creativity Workshops locally. &nbsp;Michelle gave herself a 30 day art/play/mend/make challenge. &nbsp;Here is her description of it in her own words:<br />&nbsp;"I am the mother of three girls under ten years. &nbsp;Lately I have found myself slightly frustrated with the amount of time and dare I say creative energy that goes into maintaining our house and life. &nbsp;And since the real problem is priorities I have made a big decision for the good of all. &nbsp;Art/Play/Mend/Make first. &nbsp;I don't know how this will effect the greater whole, most likely they will not notice or even care and I will most likely save electricity from not vacuuming the floor so regularly but that could be good for the environment anyways so yes win/win perhaps. &nbsp;Anyway the point is I am fed up with my own whining and feeing mostly that I am letting myself down because I haven't gotten around to doing most of any of the things I value. &nbsp;This is the plan: &nbsp;Each day create/play/mend/make something. &nbsp;Even if one cannot be bothered it shall be done regardless. &nbsp;Do it for 30 consecutive days and no judgement, if for some reason it does not happen. &nbsp;Each day keep a list of all things that fit into the above category. &nbsp;Potentially post some pictures/lists of things &nbsp;I have come up with. &nbsp;You can join in too, you may not have the same reasons as me, that doesn't matter. &nbsp;It is about making yourself happy and being subject in your life and doing what you need to do, without any excuse. &nbsp;And off we go..."<br /><br />Check out her website to find out what she did and to see so much of her beautiful work as well as buy her book!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="color: darkorange;">NEWS ABOUT&nbsp;</span><a href="http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self"><span style="color: darkorange;"><i>Lost In Living</i></span></a><span style="color: darkorange;">:</span></strong></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><img align="none" height="129" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/893403bea10a2e598e421c151/images/photos_characters_line_825x129.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; height: 129px; line-height: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none; width: 825px;" width="825" /></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">DVD's are now available for sale on the website&nbsp;<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">here</a>. &nbsp;Thank you for your support and for sharing this film with friends and family.<br /><br />Please like the facebook page&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">here</a>&nbsp;to get the most recent information and specific details about future screenings. &nbsp;And if you are not a subscriber of the newsletter please join by clicking&nbsp;<a href="http://maandpafilms.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=893403bea10a2e598e421c151&amp;id=9fc199c119" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>.<br /><br />We have two upcoming screenings in Fargo, North Dakota and at The National Gallery in the Cayman Islands. &nbsp;I will be at the Fargo screening on Thursday, June 13th. &nbsp;That screening takes place at the beautiful and Historic Fargo Theatre at 7pm and the event is free. &nbsp;All four women from the film will be attending as well and a discussion panel will take place following the screening and moderated &nbsp;by Colleen Sheehy, Director and CEO of The Plains Arts Museum in Fargo. &nbsp;Hope to see you there! &nbsp;Details coming about the The National Gallery screening.<br /><br />House Parties have been popping up all over where small groups are screening the film in living rooms and having lively discussions about the film. &nbsp;I offer a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/store.html" target="_blank">House Party Kit</a>&nbsp;that includes the DVD of the film, an Extras DVD with an hour and a half of extra footage, a 23 page discussion guide, postcard invitations and a totebag. &nbsp;I can also be available to skype after the screening and answer questions. &nbsp;So please check out the House Party Kit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/store.html" target="_blank">here</a>. <br /><br />As always I thank you for your incredible support and please feel free to <a href="mailto:marytrunk@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">email me</a> anytime if you have questions or comments, you'd like to share something in the newsletter or share your work. &nbsp;I love hearing from you. &nbsp;</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" id="templateFooter" style="background-color: white; 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display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 64px;"><span style="color: black;"><u><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 48px;"><br /></span></em></span></u></span></span></h2><h2 class="h2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 64px;"><span style="color: black;"><u><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 48px;">New Screenings</span></em></span></u></span></span></h2><h3 class="h3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self"><span style="color: black;">www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving</span></a></h3><h4 class="h4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/store.html" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self"><span style="color: red;">BUY THE DVD</span></a></h4><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Please check out the&nbsp;<strong>NEW</strong>&nbsp;two minute trailer for the film by clicking on the link below. &nbsp;</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><a href="http://youtu.be/0jj2Cew7na8" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">http://youtu.be/0jj2Cew7na8</a></strong></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Hello Everyone!<br /><br />We have&nbsp;<strong>TWO SCREENINGS&nbsp;</strong>coming up in Southern California. I am grateful to Audrey Bilger, Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn and Melanie Klein for organizing and making these happen. Here is all the information you'll need to attend and spread the word:<br /><br /><b>• Thursday, April 25th, 2013. &nbsp;4:00 pm. Claremont McKenna College, 500 E. 9th Street, Claremont, CA. Pickford Auditorium (Bauer Center). Sponsored and Hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cmc.edu/berger/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">The Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cmc.edu/writing/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">The Center for Writing and Public Discourse</a>. FREE and Open to the public. I will be there to discuss the film and answer questions.<br /><br />• &nbsp;Thursday, May 9th, 2013. &nbsp;7:00 pm. Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA. Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 263. Hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.womenactionmedia.org/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">Women, Action + Media LA</a>. FREE and Open to the public. I will be there to discuss the film and answer questions. Some of the women from the film may be there as well.&nbsp;</b><br /><br />Details about screenings in New York and North Dakota will be coming soon. &nbsp;<br /><br />DVD's are now available for sale on the website&nbsp;<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>&nbsp;or just click on the button above (BUY THE DVD). &nbsp;Thank you for your support and for sharing this film with friends and family.<br /><br />Please like the facebook page&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>&nbsp;to get the most recent information and specific details about future screenings. &nbsp;And if you are not a subscriber of the newsletter please join by clicking&nbsp;<a href="http://maandpafilms.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=893403bea10a2e598e421c151&amp;id=9fc199c119" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>.<br /><br />We've had the pleasure of getting noticed and mentioned by some wonderful writers, bloggers and artists. I'd like to share those links with you below. And please check out their sites. These people are incredibly talented and I am grateful for their support of&nbsp;<em>Lost In Living</em>. <br /><br /><b>• &nbsp;Rachel Power at&nbsp;<a href="http://rachel-power.blogspot.com/2013/04/why-you-must-find-way-to-see-lost-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRachelPapers+%28the+rachel+papers%29" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">The Rachel Papers</a>.<br /><br />• &nbsp;Susan Perry interviewed me for her blog&nbsp;<a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/creating-in-flow/201304/can-moms-make-art" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">Creating in Flow</a>.<br /><br />• &nbsp;<a href="http://clairethomaswriter.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/lost-in-living/#more-81" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">Claire Thomas</a>.<br /><br />• &nbsp;<a href="http://www.karenmaezenmiller.com/telling/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">Karen Maezen Miller</a>.<br /><br />• &nbsp;<a href="http://www.duplexcollective.com/lost-in-living/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">Duplex Collective</a>.<br /><br />• &nbsp;<a href="http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/04/lost-in-living-documentary-follows-the-life-of-four-mother-artists-over-seven-years/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">Feature Shoot</a>.</b><br /><br />If you or an organization you are affiliated with would like to host a screening, please let me know. Maybe your school or college would be interested in hosting a screening as part of a classroom curriculum or department event. I would love to discuss it with you. On the website store page are some guidelines to organize just such an event at your school. Click<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/store.html" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>&nbsp;for details. And look under "Lost In Living" Educational DVD. Or read this:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><em>How to Bring&nbsp;<u>Lost In Living</u>&nbsp;to your Campus<br /><br />1) &nbsp;Contacting your school's Office of Student Activities is generally a good place to start. &nbsp;Each school is different, and the Office of Student Activities at your school may then refer you to another student group or academic department.<br /><br />2) &nbsp;You can also start by asking the department heads or professors of various academic departments in your school to inquire if there is a possibility of co-presenting or co-sponsoring the screening.<br /><br /><u>Lost In Living</u>&nbsp;is particularly suited to classes in:<br />• &nbsp;Women's Studies<br />• &nbsp;Gender Studies<br />• &nbsp;Sociology<br />• &nbsp;Psychology<br />• &nbsp;Film/Media Studies<br />• &nbsp;Documentary Production<br /><br />3) &nbsp;You can also organize to have me speak with the film screening. &nbsp;I normally charge a speaking fee per event but I am more than willing to work with the budgets of various student organizations and academic departments to coordinate a campus screening and presentation. &nbsp;I am also available to skype with smaller groups.</em></span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><strong>I truly appreciate your help and participation. This film could not have been made without you. Please feel free to share this newsletter with friends! &nbsp;Thank you.<br />-Mary</strong></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span>Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-86957142233945146232013-04-09T10:35:00.000-07:002013-04-09T10:35:39.007-07:00Spring News<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pvrHIseS3Kg/UWRQjiN39BI/AAAAAAAAAFM/071ja8uvYtA/s1600/030108_02_CM_B-roll_C+vacuums.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pvrHIseS3Kg/UWRQjiN39BI/AAAAAAAAAFM/071ja8uvYtA/s320/030108_02_CM_B-roll_C+vacuums.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h2 class="h2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 64px;"><span style="color: black;"><u><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 48px;"><br /></span></em></span></u></span></span></h2><h2 class="h2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 64px;"><span style="color: black;"><u><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 48px;">Spring News</span></em></span></u></span></span></h2><h3 class="h3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self"><span style="color: black;">www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving</span></a></h3><h4 class="h4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #202020; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/store.html" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self"><span style="color: red;">BUY THE DVD</span></a></h4><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Please check out the&nbsp;<strong>NEW</strong>&nbsp;two minute trailer for the film by clicking on the link below. &nbsp;</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><a href="http://youtu.be/0jj2Cew7na8" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">http://youtu.be/0jj2Cew7na8</a></strong></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b>Hello Everyone!<br /><br />First, I want to thank you once again for your support and make sure everyone received their Kickstarter rewards. If you haven't yet received what you are due, please email me at<a href="mailto:marytrunk@sbcglobal.net?subject=Kickstarter%20rewards%2Fpossible%20screening%20ideas" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self"><em>marytrunk@sbcglobal.net</em></a>&nbsp;and I will remedy that situation right away. Many apologies for mix-ups.<br /><br />Second I thought you all might enjoy some great links I've collected over the past few weeks. They are at the bottom of this newsletter. All of them are from the amazing blog&nbsp;<a href="http://brainpickings.org./" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">brainpickings.</a>&nbsp;If you don't already subscribe to it, click&nbsp;<a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/" target="_blank">here</a>&nbsp;to do just that.<br /><br />DVD's are now available for sale on the website&nbsp;<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>&nbsp;or just click on the button above (BUY THE DVD). We have already had a few very successful screenings so far and more are coming up.&nbsp;</b></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b>The next one is Thursday, April 25th at 4:00 pm at the Pickford Auditorium at Claremont McKenna College. &nbsp;Sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children and The Center for Writing and Public Discourse. &nbsp;This screening is free and open to the public. &nbsp;</b></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b>Another screening is scheduled for Thursday, May 9th at 7pm at Santa Monica College. Room 263 in the Humanities &amp; Social Science Building. This event is hosted by&nbsp;</b><strong><em>Women, Action + Media LA</em></strong><b>. Also free and open to the public.&nbsp;</b></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b>I will be there for a Q &amp; A at both screenings and possibly some of the women in the film will be there too.&nbsp;</b></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b>Huge thanks to Audrey Bilger, Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn and Melanie Klein for organizing these screenings. Hope to see you there.<br /><br />Please like the facebook page&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>&nbsp;to get the most recent information and specific details about future screenings. &nbsp;And if you are not a subscriber of the newsletter please join by clicking&nbsp;<a href="http://maandpafilms.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=893403bea10a2e598e421c151&amp;id=9fc199c119" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>.<br /><br />If you or an organization you are affiliated with would like to host a screening, please let me know. Maybe your school or college would be interested in hosting a screening as part of a classroom curriculum or department event. I would love to discuss it with you. On the website store page are some guidelines to organize just such an event at your school. Click&nbsp;<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/store.html" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">here</a>&nbsp;for details. And look under "Lost In Living" Educational DVD. Or read this:</b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><em>How to Bring&nbsp;<u>Lost In Living</u>&nbsp;to your Campus<br /><br />1) &nbsp;Contacting your school's Office of Student Activities is generally a good place to start. &nbsp;Each school is different, and the Office of Student Activities at your school may then refer you to another student group or academic department.<br /><br />2) &nbsp;You can also start by asking the department heads or professors of various academic departments in your school to inquire if there is a possibility of co-presenting or co-sponsoring the screening.<br /><br /><u>Lost In Living</u>&nbsp;is particularly suited to classes in:<br />• &nbsp;Women's Studies<br />• &nbsp;Gender Studies<br />• &nbsp;Sociology<br />• &nbsp;Psychology<br />• &nbsp;Film/Media Studies<br />• &nbsp;Documentary Production<br /><br />3) &nbsp;You can also organize to have me speak with the film screening. &nbsp;I normally charge a speaking fee per event but I am more than willing to work with the budgets of various student organizations and academic departments to coordinate a campus screening and presentation. &nbsp;I am also available to skype with smaller groups.</em></span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><strong>I truly appreciate your help and participation. This film could not have been made without you. Please feel free to share this blog with friends! &nbsp;Thank you.<br />-Mary<br /><br />Advice about solitude from Andrei Tarkovsky:<br /><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/13/tarkovsky-advice-to-the-young/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/13/tarkovsky-advice-to-the-young/</a><br />Musings about art by Susan Sontag:<br /><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/30/susan-sontag-on-art/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/30/susan-sontag-on-art/</a><br />Thoughts on the meaning of life by Henry Miller:<br /><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/21/henry-miller-meaning-of-life/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/21/henry-miller-meaning-of-life/</a><br />And some ideas on how to stay sane by Phillipa Perry:<br /><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/02/05/how-to-stay-sane-philippa-perry/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_self">http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/02/05/how-to-stay-sane-philippa-perry/</a></strong></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span>Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-44399535467362394222013-03-13T14:19:00.001-07:002013-03-13T14:19:03.203-07:00Lost In Living DVD Release<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u>Lost In Living</u></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> is finally available on DVD! &nbsp;Go&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;to purchase your copy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Here is the NEW two minute trailer:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/0jj2Cew7na8?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The full-length documentary film&nbsp;</span><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lost In Living</span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&nbsp;is now available on DVD.&nbsp; Please visit the website:&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to purchase your very own copy. We are offering House Party Kits which will include a second DVD of extra footage and an in-depth discussion guide. Please share this post with anyone you can think of who would enjoy this film. I am very grateful.<br /><br />I spent seven years documenting and recording four women as they experienced parenthood for the first time and after children leave.&nbsp; I was there when they felt the loss of creative energy, grappled with divorce, regret, triumphs and failures.<br /><br />This movie is an in-depth exploration of a domain normally off-limits – illumination of private experience, events that happen behind closed doors and the unveiling of one’s most personal, private and conflicted thoughts about life, family, artistic expression and self-image.<br />&nbsp;</span></span></b></span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These amazing women shared their personal stories so that I may share them with you.</span></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; border-collapse: collapse; color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />What job entity wields the most private power on the planet and yet has no public face?&nbsp; Motherhood, the world’s most demanding, least compensated job.&nbsp; Where only perfection is acceptable and failure is certain.&nbsp; And who are these women who become mothers even when their creative compulsion tells them not to?&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lost In Living</span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&nbsp;focuses on that very issue.&nbsp; This story is about feeling like an outsider and wanting to be special.&nbsp; About wanting to be heard – and don’t we all?<br />&nbsp;</span><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lost In Living</span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&nbsp;is not a traditional Hero Story.&nbsp; Hero stories are great. &nbsp;We love to be inspired by the long shot, the renegade, the against all odds success. But we also long to see our own more nuanced and less formulaic experiences presented to us for reflection and identification.&nbsp;</span><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lost In Living</span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&nbsp;is about every aspect of the complexities of living in our modern world.&nbsp; Thank you for taking a look.&nbsp;</span></span></b></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-17745834981661589372012-09-24T17:47:00.001-07:002012-09-24T18:11:21.795-07:00Almost there...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We will be celebrating very soon...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-90Wy1_bUkFE/UGD9b-KDOMI/AAAAAAAAAE4/XoBuJ_emolw/s1600/111707_01_KR_B-roll.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-90Wy1_bUkFE/UGD9b-KDOMI/AAAAAAAAAE4/XoBuJ_emolw/s320/111707_01_KR_B-roll.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />The film is so close to being completed. &nbsp;The cut we have now is very close to a "fine" cut and it is exciting. &nbsp;Yes, we're still working on the music cues, photoshopping the many, many photos, fixing sound, color correcting, working on graphics and titles, etc. but the story is sound. &nbsp;I almost can't believe it. &nbsp;Your support, your encouragement and your connection to this project have kept me going and I am so grateful. <br /><br />For those of you who have not seen the Kickstarter Page I want to give you the link because I've been posting updates about the film, sharing videos, links, poetry, photos and short clips I think you will like. &nbsp;Just click <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/27218549/lost-in-living/posts" target="_blank">here</a>. <br /><br />We exceeded the goal we set on Kickstarter and I couldn't be happier and more grateful. &nbsp;Of course there's always time to contribute. &nbsp;Our post-production, publicity, marketing and outreach costs also exceed the goal we set on Kickstarter - &nbsp;by a lot. &nbsp;You can visit the website (<a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">here</a>) to make a tax deductible donation any time. &nbsp;And if you get a second to go to the website and join the newsletter, that would be great. &nbsp;Thanks.<br /><br />But please know this film will now be completed because of all the support you have already given. &nbsp;THANK YOU!!!<br /><br />Below are the newest clips from the project. &nbsp;I hope you enjoy them. &nbsp;Feel free to comment, share your thoughts and communicate. &nbsp;I always love hearing from you. &nbsp;All the best, Mary<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/NhjLn9Ed_Wc/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NhjLn9Ed_Wc&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NhjLn9Ed_Wc&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/HXpfvkawdpI?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br />Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-73848616512454058722012-08-08T15:16:00.001-07:002012-08-20T09:59:54.233-07:00And the RACE is on...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vaQyISCWnNc/UCLkblqB3jI/AAAAAAAAAEo/rjeuJ5dmswE/s1600/CM+&amp;+O+on+bike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vaQyISCWnNc/UCLkblqB3jI/AAAAAAAAAEo/rjeuJ5dmswE/s320/CM+&amp;+O+on+bike.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">The finish line is in sight and I’m not just talking about the Olympics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I now have a rough cut of my film <b><i>Lost In Living</i></b> and it is because of your support and your friendship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I am so grateful and frankly quite touched by your belief in this project and in me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">I am launching a Kickstarter Campaign and I need to raise $5000 or more in the next 30 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>That’s how Kickstarter works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>If the goal isn’t reached, I get nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This last fundraising push is necessary to complete the editing, pay the composer, update the website, create an education guide and show this film everywhere. You can read all the details about it when you click on this campaign link:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/27218549/lost-in-living" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #55a4f2; font-size: 13px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/27218549/lost-in-living</a></span>&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Many of you have financially contributed to this project already.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Your incredibly generous help has kept me editing this film toward completion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Thank you so very, very much.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">There are so many ways to participate in the project without sending money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>And I need that help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Open up your rolodex or your email contact list and send the Kickstarter link to anyone who you think would be interested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>See if you can find at least five people to email.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Maybe you know someone who can write about it in a blog or an article or on a Facebook page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Take up the message of the film as your own and pass the news about it to your friends, relatives, co-workers – even strangers on the street.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Become an Outreach Partner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Spread the word about the film in your community, to arts and womens’ organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Help us find places we can screen this film and partner with organizations that can benefit from its message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Most of all broadcast this Kickstarter campaign as often as you can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Facebook it, tweet it, email it, talk about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>My thanks are enormous.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Please sign up on the website (below) for the newsletter and continue to receive updates on the progress of <b><i>Lost In Living</i></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>There is so much more to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving">http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">With your participation and support I plan to have this film completed in the next few months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>I simply can’t thank you enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-28260619371452861322012-06-11T14:39:00.001-07:002012-06-11T14:43:47.735-07:00Post Yard Sale/Film Fundraiser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t96hcs_i1E4/T9ZGWGaafsI/AAAAAAAAAEE/3S_5DXJIUEQ/s1600/Pre-garage+sale.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t96hcs_i1E4/T9ZGWGaafsI/AAAAAAAAAEE/3S_5DXJIUEQ/s320/Pre-garage+sale.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Night before yard sale<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Hello,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A GIGANTIC thanks to all the people who helped me with the yard sale. &nbsp;It was a huge, huge effort and I am so grateful to everyone who contributed so many wonderful items, helped me set up, helped sell to customers, passed out postcards about the film, hung signs and bought things. &nbsp;A very special thank you to my daughter, Nuala, and her friends, who tirelessly sold lemonade and cookies and always asked first before they helped themselves. &nbsp;The weekend took it out of me but it was all worth it. &nbsp;Met some great neighbors I never knew I had, met people who came because they wanted to support the movie, got to be outside all day both days and made enough money to continue editing for another week and a half, pay for the postcard printing and all the expenses from the yard sale (posters, signs, etc.). &nbsp; I am truly grateful to all of you and truly grateful it is over. &nbsp;We only had a few items left and we will be donating them to Goodwill. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The film is definitely coming along. &nbsp;I've often said editing this film is like writing a novel - or rather what I imagine writing a novel would be like. &nbsp;Because I've never even attempted to do something like that. &nbsp;But I've always loved novels and I want this film to feel like that. &nbsp;So we are working hard at interweaving the stories together. &nbsp;Making the difficult decisions about what stays in and what doesn't based on how the individual women reflect, comment and contradict each other. &nbsp;This will be a film that moves back and forth from each woman to show the connections between them. &nbsp;And it's all getting very exciting even when we don't know what to do next. &nbsp;Fortunately we're not stuck for long.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fundraising efforts seem to never cease so with that said <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">here</a> is the link to donate to the film. &nbsp;More than your money, why not forward the link to a few friends. &nbsp;Spreading the word not only helps raise money but also lets people know about the film. &nbsp;We need that support when the film is completed and we want to screen it everywhere. &nbsp;So thank you for everything and more news will be coming soon...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Like the facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving" target="_blank">here</a>. &nbsp;Thanks!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">xo</div><div style="text-align: left;">Mary</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-77957533338949505092012-05-18T10:16:00.001-07:002012-05-18T10:16:42.329-07:00Yard Sale Reminder<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e6Mgg6ftdDA/T7aClvWrKII/AAAAAAAAAD4/OKmwMQuCDUc/s1600/KR+Still+(20).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e6Mgg6ftdDA/T7aClvWrKII/AAAAAAAAAD4/OKmwMQuCDUc/s320/KR+Still+(20).png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">Hello Supporters of the <b><i>Lost In Living</i></b><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> Film,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">As you know I am hosting a yard sale to once again raise more funds to complete this film. &nbsp;At this point you must be wondering, "my God, is this woman desperate, or what?" &nbsp;And frankly, I am. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">There are few things in life that I've felt so strongly about that I'll work my ass off to make a few hundred bucks to pay my editor or buy paper stock to send thank you letters to contributors. &nbsp;But those few things have struck me with such power that I know I should pursue them. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">And here I am. &nbsp;Desperately trying to complete this complicated and immense project. Seven years of filming four very different women who kept my attention and passion in a way so few people do. &nbsp;That is why I know their stories will resonate with you. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">Heroes we can look up to and work toward. &nbsp;Underdogs we root for and feel good about. &nbsp;Sometimes we need to see who we are. &nbsp;People who are both heroes and underdogs as well as mothers, artists, caretakers, parents, friends and struggling humans trying to make our way in the world. &nbsp;This is what <b><i>Lost In Living</i></b><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> is really all about. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">So with that said, how about chipping in and contributing whatever you can for the yard sale. &nbsp;Or maybe you'd rather write a check or donate on-line <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving">here</a>. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">Maybe you'd like to just spread the word to everyone you know. &nbsp;I would love that! &nbsp;I am so grateful for your support, your participation and your input into this project. &nbsp;Everyone who contributes in any way will have their name in the closing Thank You credits of the film. &nbsp;All cash donations are tax deductible. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">__________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">Here's the info you need to know about the yard sale:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Just a friendly reminder that our yard sale is coming up and we would love to take some stuff off your hands!&nbsp; We’ll even pick it up.&nbsp; So read below and let me know.&nbsp; Really appreciate this.</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3e7f0e;"><b><u style="text-underline: #3E7F0E;">Mega Yard Sale on Saturday, June 2nd and Sunday, June 3rd!!!</u></b></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">I am asking everyone I know if they have anything they want to get rid of that we can sell to support <b><i>Lost In Living</i></b><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">.&nbsp; We’ll take clothes, furniture, books, antiques, knick knacks, pictures, jewelry, artwork, photos, kitchen ware, toys, etc. that are in gently used condition.&nbsp; This is a unique opportunity for you to clean out your closets, garages and drawers and support the film.&nbsp; And whatever doesn’t sell we will donate to Goodwill or a local charity. &nbsp;Get your name in the Thank You credits of the film!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><u>How it will work:</u></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Email me <a href="mailto:marytrunk@sbcglobal.net">here</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;directly with a general list of what you’d like to donate.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I will email you or call you to schedule a specific pick-up time sometime during the weekend before the sale.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We will pick-up the items the weekend before the actual sale.&nbsp; <b>Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Sale on Saturday, June 2nd and Sunday, June 3rd from 8 to 4.</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If you don’t live in the area and you want to ship items for us to sell, please send to my address: 1218 E. Palm Street, Altadena, CA 91001.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;You can also deliver your goods right to us. &nbsp;Please email me <a href="mailto:marytrunk@sbcglobal.net">here</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">&nbsp;and we'll figure out the best time.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If you are not available the weekend of May 26<sup>th</sup> and 27<sup>th</sup>for pick-up and your contribution can fit in the back of a Prius, please let me know and I can arrange a pick-up that is convenient for you.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">I am so grateful for your help and participation.&nbsp; Please feel free to pass along this email to anyone else who might be interested.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">To contribute directly to the film please visit the website <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving">here</a>&nbsp;or you can mail a check to my non-profit 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor “Filmmakers Alliance” at 1218 E. Palm Street, Altadena, CA 91001.&nbsp; All donations are tax deductible!!&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">To like the Facebook page, please go <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving">here</a>.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">Yours truly,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">Mary<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #00c1bf;">Mary Trunk</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/"><span style="color: #00c1bf; text-decoration: none;"><i>www.maandpafilms.com</i></span></a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving/"><span style="color: #00c1bf; text-decoration: none;"><i>www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving/</i></span></a><o:p></o:p></div><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.thewatershedproject.com/"><span style="color: #00c1bf; text-decoration: none;"><i>www.thewatershedproject.com</i></span></a></span>Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-19971870609968529812012-05-01T11:42:00.000-07:002012-05-05T16:00:01.246-07:00MEGA YARD SALE JUNE 2 & 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cmIdkFEun-Q/T6Aogc6PxBI/AAAAAAAAADs/eM-UHhet9_w/s1600/photos_characters_line_825x129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="50" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cmIdkFEun-Q/T6Aogc6PxBI/AAAAAAAAADs/eM-UHhet9_w/s320/photos_characters_line_825x129.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Dear <b>Lost In Living</b> Friends,<br /><br />Spring is settling in. Some days reaching 90 degrees and other days dropping down to 65. Much like producing a film! The ups and downs are frequent but when you feel as strongly as I do that this film is working, you keep at it. Editing is steadily progressing. <b>Lost in Living</b> is becoming a funny and poignant movie. A movie that will resonate with anyone who has ever had to confront the contradictions inherent in personal ambition, female friendship, mental isolation, big projects and dirty dishes.<br /><br />The stories and themes are settling into a rhythm and the connections are exciting and riveting. That’s the up side of things. I am convinced now more than ever that this will be a very compelling film. And your support is helping it get there.<br /><br />On the down side of things – a better description would be challenge– is the need to raise more funds. This film started out with close to seven years worth of footage. Hundreds of hours. Whittling all of that down takes time and editing is a long process.<br /><br />We have an experienced and committed editor who feels passionate about this film and we need her for at least two more months. We have also recruited an amazing and talented composer. Although both of these artists are working at discounted rates we still need help paying their fees.<br /><br />So we are going to have a <b>Mega Yard Sale</b> on <b>Saturday, June 2nd and Sunday, June 3rd!!!</b><br /><br />I am asking everyone I know if they have anything they want to get rid of that we can sell to support <b>Lost In Living</b>. We’ll take clothes, furniture, books, antiques, knick knacks, pictures, jewelry, artwork, photos, kitchen ware, toys, etc. This is a unique opportunity for you to clean out your closets, garages and drawers and support the film. And whatever doesn’t sell we will donate to Goodwill or a local charity. And your name will appear in the closing credits of the film!<br /><br /><u>How it will work:</u><br /><br />• Email me (marytrunk@sbcglobal.net) directly <a href="mailto:marytrunk@sbcglobal.net">here</a> with a general list of what you’d like to donate.<br /><br />• I will email you or call you to schedule a specific pick-up time sometime during the weekend before the sale.<br /><br />• We will pick-up the items the weekend before the actual sale. Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27. <br /><br />• Sale on Saturday, June 2nd and Sunday, June 3rd in my driveway.<br /><br />• If you don’t live in the area and you want to ship items for us to sell, please send to my address: 1218 E. Palm Street, Altadena, CA 91001.<br /><br />I am so grateful for your help and participation. Please feel free to pass along this information to anyone else who might be interested.<br /><br />And if you want to see more clips from the film, please visit the youtube channel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/maandpafilms/videos">here</a>. To like the facebook page please go <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving">here</a>. &nbsp;To contribute directly to the film please visit the website <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving">here</a>.<br /><br />With heartfelt thanks,<br />MaryMary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-29114385725152761742012-04-04T10:03:00.009-07:002012-04-05T21:08:27.091-07:00Working Steadily!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XSkIHjgebiQ/T35sMKOM_pI/AAAAAAAAADg/iAUWdqfbkys/s1600/MS%2BStill%2B%252830%2529.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XSkIHjgebiQ/T35sMKOM_pI/AAAAAAAAADg/iAUWdqfbkys/s320/MS%2BStill%2B%252830%2529.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728134732220006034" /></a><br /><br />Hello <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living</span> Friends,<br /><br />Just wanted to update you on the progress of the film. Things are getting exciting as we continue editing this amazing material. And we are still shooting for a Summer release. Your support has given us the opportunity to continue working steadily. I am so, so grateful. We still need to raise money for our composer ($2,500), editing the final cut ($3,000), one more shoot in Fargo ($1,000), publicity and an outreach campaign ($5,000). Your tax deductible contribution can help us do just that. Thank you so much! In the meantime I've included some clips from the film for your enjoyment. Feel free to share your thoughts and comments. I love hearing from you. Again, my heartfelt thanks for your support. Warmly, Mary<br /><br />P.S. The special offer is still available. I am giving away a DVD of my most recent feature film <span style="font-weight:bold;">Plain Art</span> to each person who contributes $50.00 or more to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living</span>. Make your contribution on-line <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving">here</a> or mail a check made out to Filmmakers Alliance to 1218 E. Palm Street, Altadena, CA 91001. Completely tax deductible!<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o0BBUyE3lnA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/x7VmSwyjuRY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MbIcgPUouDM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c3K-N5PvIz8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-52145232522201934162012-03-11T17:16:00.013-07:002012-03-12T15:31:00.551-07:00Women's History Month<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s6QYXpa1JYs/T11IRAD4_YI/AAAAAAAAADU/f_VTLB5P9K0/s1600/1961%2BMerrill%2Bat%2Bwindow%252C%2Bpregnant.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 177px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s6QYXpa1JYs/T11IRAD4_YI/AAAAAAAAADU/f_VTLB5P9K0/s320/1961%2BMerrill%2Bat%2Bwindow%252C%2Bpregnant.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718806558741691778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jlSMpwhUNY0/T11Heq9ZrsI/AAAAAAAAADI/a7qRtNMsOu4/s1600/1961%2BMerrill%2Bat%2Bwindow%252C%2Bpregnant.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 177px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jlSMpwhUNY0/T11Heq9ZrsI/AAAAAAAAADI/a7qRtNMsOu4/s320/1961%2BMerrill%2Bat%2Bwindow%252C%2Bpregnant.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718805694083870402" /></a><br />Dear <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> Friends,<br /><br />Its March and Spring is very close. It's also Women's History Month and definitely an appropriate time to talk about women both past and present. We are pushing to complete <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> by this Summer. Your support has given us the opportunity to work with an experienced editor for two months, full-time, and we have already made a lot of progress. We couldn’t do this without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> is about the intersection of motherhood (parenthood) and the artist’s life. What you will see in this film are four women who intimately examine and reveal how they manage to do both. These stories reflect how we all struggle with the balance of family commitment and personal work. Thank you for understanding the importance of this film.<br /><br />• <span style="font-weight:bold;">We need to raise more funds for the following:</span><br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Composer Fee ($2,500)</span> – Ron Rennells, a talented and prolific composer, who created the score for my most recent film, <span style="font-style:italic;">Plain Art</span>, has signed on to create an original score for <span style="font-style:italic;">Lost In Living</span>.<br />2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Trip to Fargo ($1,000)</span> - One more shoot is needed to document Marjorie Schlossman’s Opening of her one woman show of paintings in June.<br />3. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Editor Fee ($3,000)</span> – Our editor is already working at a reduced rate because she is passionate about the film. We need a few more weeks of time with her. <br /><br />• <span style="font-weight:bold;">And we have a special offer for you:</span><br /><br />We are giving away a DVD of my most recent feature film <span style="font-weight:bold;">Plain Art<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> to each person who contributes $50.00 or more to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span>. Just make your donation on the <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving/">website</a> and a DVD will be sent to you. <br /><br />Please view the trailer below:<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kOSFobuRmAI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Description of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Plain Art<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span>:<br />In 2005, Fargo, North Dakota painter, Marjorie Schlossman (one of the subjects of <span style="font-style:italic;">Lost In Living</span>), asked six architects to design and build art chapels that she could paint in. The only requirements were to stay within a $25,000 budget, make them portable and include a spiritual element without the trappings of religion. Filmed over two years, <span style="font-style:italic;">Plain Art</span> intimately documents the risks, struggles and successes of this creative process. The film elucidates the unique convergence of art, architecture and spirituality as well as the conflicts that arise when an artist funds her own large, ambitious public art project. In a pragmatic and rural community like Fargo, abstract art is not always welcome and understood and the architects were asked to think more like artists and less like engineers. <span style="font-style:italic;">Plain Art</span> shows people revisiting their idealistic notions of creativity and recapturing their own personal faith and spirituality <br /><br />• If you didn’t get a chance to see any of the new clips that have been posted on Facebook each week, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/maandpafilms/videos">here</a> are links to those. And while you’re at it you can subscribe to the youtube channel here and receive notifications every time I upload a new clip.<br /><br />• Please like the facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving/">here</a>. Each week I post a short clip from the film, some of them clips that may not even make it into the finished film. See outtakes and in depth observations and reflections because you liked the facebook page. <br /><br />• Rachel Power, Author of the book <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span>, recently wrote about <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> <a href="http://rachel-power.blogspot.com/2012/02/lost-in-living-new-doco-about-art-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRachelPapers+%28the+rachel+papers%29">here</a>. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Divided Heart<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> is an extremely worthwhile book featuring conversations with some of Australia’s most prominent writers, artists and musicians about combining the twin passions of art and motherhood. <br /><br />• As always, all contributions are completely tax deductible. It’s easy to contribute by visiting the website <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving/">here</a> and clicking on the donate button. If you are not comfortable donating on-line, please feel free to write a check to my non-profit fiscal sponsor “<span style="font-weight:bold;">Filmmakers Alliance</span>” and mail it to me at 1218 East Palm Street, Altadena, CA 91001. You will receive a thank you/receipt letter for your taxes.<br /><br />Help us complete <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> this Summer. <br /><br />I am so, so grateful.<br />MaryMary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-9569932648671054082012-03-05T16:29:00.004-08:002012-03-05T16:40:24.105-08:00Does Art come out of isolation?<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/x7VmSwyjuRY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Where does your art come from? Would you agree that it comes out of isolation? Share your comments and thoughts on this subject. <br /><br />Like the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living</span> Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving/">here</a>.<br /><br />Contribute to the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living</span> Film <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving/">here</a>. <br /><br />We are still raising money for more editing time with our editor, composer fees, one more video shoot in Fargo, North Dakota and publicity materials. All contributions are tax deductible. Thank you!!!<br /><br />-MMary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-10497999705389338832012-02-27T18:54:00.003-08:002012-02-27T19:04:05.741-08:00What did you want to be when you grew up?<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-aWj11jD9gU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Do you remember the dreams you had of what you wanted to be when you grew up? What did you want to be when you were five? Were your parents willing to hear it? Have you become what you wanted to become? <br /><br />Big questions worth reflecting on. I admire Kristina for having the big dream of being an actress, especially because her family did not encourage that. I was often too afraid to even let my dreams be known. Would I get laughed at? Would my parents think it was foolish? <br /><br />How did Kristina break out of "people like us don't do things like that?" How do we all do it? What drives us? <br /><br />You will definitely know more about that when you see the completed film "Lost In Living." Share your feelings and experiences right here or email me directly: marytrunk@sbcglobal.net. Thank you for your support and participation.<br /><br />-MMary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-46578890749205228782012-02-22T20:35:00.001-08:002012-02-22T20:41:54.101-08:00Why, Why, Why?<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5muYVXmgCHk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />What helps you put things into perspective? For me it's making this movie. And your support, participation and help have made that possible. I am so incredibly grateful. <br /><br />Of course we still need more help, more contributions and more of you to spread the word. It's easy to contribute on the website <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving/">here</a>. All donations are tax deductible. Editing is progressing and we are hoping for a Summer release. No contribution is too small and we keep going as far as we can. Thank you for your help and keep watching - more clips coming! <br /><br />All the very best,<br />MaryMary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-70582914930684122822012-02-16T11:33:00.000-08:002012-02-16T11:35:03.079-08:00When do you feel optimistic?BIG THANK YOU to all of you out there who are supporting my film "Lost In Living." Hope you enjoy this clip and please feel free to comment and share! -Mary<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K9eGmWPsLvM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-26966147271265747772012-02-07T14:05:00.001-08:002012-02-07T14:16:42.828-08:00Only Connect...<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CzWGh5G5df0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">“ONLY CONNECT…”</span> E. M. Forster<br /><br />Dear Friends of <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Lost In Living</span></span>,<br /><br />I’m in the homestretch of completing my film. But I still need at least $5000 to pay for the very experienced editor I’ve hired to finish the work she’s begun and to pay a small fee to the amazing composer who will create a completely original score for the entire film. That’s a big chunk of money, I know. If it wasn’t I wouldn’t be writing to you to help contribute to that amount. But I thought, wow, I have over 400 friends on Facebook. What if each person contributed $10 to my project? That would be such a tremendous help. Each of you would be contributing to a film that I’ve spent more than seven years working on. A film that speaks for so many mothers, women, parents, children, wives, husbands and friends who want to be engaged in what it means to be a creative and productive person in the world. <br /><br />Some of you have already contributed and I am more than grateful. Your support has already gone a long way. With just a little more help this film will be finished by Summer 2012. Every person who contributes will have their name in the final credits of the film and every person who contributes $20 or more will receive their very own personal DVD of the film. <br /><br />I’ve sent you the trailer and clips from the film. I’ve posted these numerous times on facebook. You have seen what the women in the film are sharing. Some of you have even shared your stories. Stories which are truly moving, honest and insightful. I thank you for that. It is obvious to me that this film is far reaching and allows people to open up about their situations: to share their experiences and connect. <br /><br />Think of it this way, you are participating in a project that gives voice to people who often get mired in the every day lives of taking care of children, partners and a household. People who also have the deep desire and drive to create art and reach out to the rest of the world. For them this film is one way, sometimes the only way, for them to connect with others. They are saying and creating important and relatable things. You’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen the clips – these women are deep thinkers who strive to be productive, vital and resonant. You can help them do that with this film. You can help yourself connect by actively participating. Whether it’s contributing financially, sharing your story, commenting on the blog or facebook page or emailing your feedback, I am so grateful and I am listening. <br /><br />All you have to do is go to the website <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving">here</a> and hit the donate button. There you can pay with a credit card or paypal. If you don’t feel comfortable contributing on the internet you can write a check to my non-profit 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor, “Filmmakers Alliance” and send it to me at 1218 East Palm Street, Altadena, CA 91001. You will receive a receipt from Filmmakers Alliance thanking you. <br /><br />No contribution is too small and all contributions are fully tax-deductible. In addition to a financial contribution one of the most valuable ways you can support me is to forward this blog post to as many people as possible. I know many of you, like me, are also trying to raise money for your own projects and contributing will be a burden to you, as it would for me. What I hope is that we can help each other stay aware of our projects, so we can bring them up in conversation, spread the word and make sure our worthy projects get made. <br /><br />To view the ten-minute trailer of the film, please go <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving/about-the-film/index.html">here</a> or <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/twTqT54qmjA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. <br /><br />Please become a fan on Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving">here</a> and check back here for updates about the film.<br /><br />Subscribe to the youtube channel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/maandpafilms/videos">here</a> where you can see all the selected clips I have posted. <br /><br />I hope you will consider making a $10 contribution to the film and then passing this message on to your friends and family who will resonate with this project. Please know I also completely understand if you simply can’t or don’t want to contribute. I get it. We all have our specific interests and we should all respect them. And I thank you for listening to me and reading this letter. <br /> <br />My heartfelt gratitude,<br /><br />MaryMary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-75772431674885903232012-01-26T10:59:00.000-08:002012-01-26T11:11:13.970-08:00Share Your Stories - Excerpts<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/H1Is2U6l2ng" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lKMXVlkFfmo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Dear <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lost In Living</span> Film Supporters:<br /><br />We are pushing forward with the editing and hoping to complete the film by this Summer. Your help and encouragement has kept me going and kept this project going. I am so grateful. We still need help paying for more time with an editor and paying for a composer so your continued support is much appreciated. Thank you. In the meantime I have a lot of great stories and clips to share with you. Enjoy. <br /><br />A few months ago I asked you to share your own stories about being a mother and an artist. Or perhaps stories of friends, relatives or acquaintances. I was quite moved by the responses I received. So many people shared their pain, their insights and their joys. It is clear to me that the women in Lost In Living are not alone and that this film is an important portal for women’s voices. With the permission of the writers, I have included some of the excerpts of those stories here. I am touched by the candor, the honesty and the depth of these experiences and I hope you will be too. And if you’d like to add your stories or comment on what you read here, I would love to hear what you have to share. Please feel free to email me personally (marytrunk@sbcglobal.net) or comment on the blog or facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lostinliving">here</a>. I am listening!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Parisa ( Photographer/Filmmaker):</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">If I stop having creative thoughts and ideas, I’m lost and depressed. It’s the thing that ‘makes everything alright’. And I truly think that without art and a creative outlet, the world is a soul-less place and that we are all creating in one form or another just to stay ‘alive’; some of us in the visual arts, some of us as mothers! <br /><br />But to sum it all up in one paragraph, since I have had kids, I have earned very little money. My husband is the bread-winner and even though this has been stressful at times, he has been really supportive of my career. He understands that if I can’t do what I love to do, I am miserable and feel like I am letting myself down.<br /><br />When asked what I do, I always say I’m a photographer. Even though I think of myself an artist, I always feel pretentious and self- indulgent saying it, unless I’m taking my practice seriously enough and making a living out of it.<br /><br />My parents were not ‘artists’ but I guess my mother was creative in her own way. She was flamboyant and glamorous and she loved art and beautiful things, so perhaps I had a lot of exposure through her. But also being a girl in a middle-upper class Iranian family, the notion of work and career had little significance. My parents assumed I would marry someone and be looked after. My parents also lost all of their money, so I don’t have the luxury that I thought I did when growing up. There is no trust fund that will pay for my kids’ education or one that would buy us a house. So a lot of the internal issues I struggle with re: money have a lot to do with my upbringing…. And part of me feels like I don’t have the right to make art. Making art is for the rich.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Laurie (Violinist):</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">At this point the things that I have given up and the things I have gained have become so intertwined that I hardly know one from the other. For example, I've all but given up playing gigs on a regular basis, so that I can be with my family. But at the same time, I learned that it's okay to stop being someone's performing monkey and to do my own thing, to create my own artistic space in the world instead of begging to be a part of something already established. When my kids (now 11 and 14) were young and at home so much, I had to stop now and then and take them to the park instead of steaming away with my own projects. I learned that my very willful and directed work ethic wasn't always the formula for inspiration, that sometimes dropping everything to go outside actually helped me return to my work with a different perspective. I learned so much more about teaching and communicating, and also about levels of communication. The question, how do I explain this to a six-year-old? also somehow relates to, how do I explain my art to someone on the outside of it, without talking down or making them want to run away? I no longer want to explode when I have to drop everything to help my kids. My art will be there, but my role in creating their lives is a limited one and a thing of such beauty. They are learning to create their own way, they've always been learning that. My art is with me always, I have a little more trust in that.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Anne (Choreographer/dancer):</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I am a choreographer/dance teacher and mother of 2 young girls. I have danced since I was a child and have been making dances since my early 20's when I met my husband. Now, I am 38. Although I think I have known this for many years, it has just become glaringly real that my husband is deeply threatened by my creative side. He feels completely abandoned when I take on new projects. It has come to the point where he cannot ask me about my dancing life at all. <br /><br />You ask what do you give up?<br /><br />I am contemplating giving up the fantasy that my husband can celebrate my creativity. I don't know if I can.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Becky (Actor/Writer):</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I've been putting off answering these questions because my main feeling about being creative now that I have children is that I'm not anymore -- and I feel bad about it. I love having two children -- I wanted two. I think if I just had one I'd have things more under control in my life, but it probably wouldn't be that different creatively. My biggest creative obstacle is myself. I could do it around the kids if I tried harder.<br /><br />When asked what I do, I say I'm an actress. I've always defined myself as that and still feel connected to it, although I'm starting to feel comfortable with writing. I'd never say I'm a writer because I haven't made any money at it, sad. My creative expression has changed since becoming a parent -- I'm not sure who I am creatively right now because before I used to do a lot of comedy that was based on my crazy behavior and I used my 'cuteness' for lack of a better word to be funny. After having kids I no longer feel cute, appealing, or wild anymore, so I've had a hard time adjusting. I don't want to cross over yet to playing old ladies, but I fear that's what I am now. On the positive side, I've started to trust other forms of expression and am beginning to feel comfortable with a more subtle comedy, and have begun trusting my writing voice more than ever, and allowing myself to write without judging as much if it's funny or not.<br /><br />I think the importance I put on success is much less since I've had kids, so if I never had kids and then had less success as I aged, I would be very depressed. Having kids just made all of that world, worrying about how others perceived me, and competing with other actresses, and all that, seem shallow and less important. But I think that in the true creative sense of acting and theatre and writing, having children has made me more geniune in my experience with it and less superficial.<br /><br />I think I am the parent I want to be. I'm completely connected to my kids. I'm not perfect, but I don't know what that is. I show my anger to my kids when I'm genuinely angry, and I try to be honest with them all the time. I would like to give them a better example of a woman who's confident and productive creatively, I guess that's the thing I'm not doing. And that's the main thing missing in my life. And I'm struggling along, but maybe I'm not one of the geniuses I compare myself to and wish I were, but I'm one of the half-way artists in the middle who never does anything truly great, but appreciates those who do.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">On failing as a parent:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Suzan:</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I am sure my daughter will have years of therapy even though I swore that I would never raise her like my mom did. I just think it’s part of the genetics – we love, we try, we fail but we do the best we can.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jamie:</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">My own dear mother would have said, “the really sad thing is, this is not the worst you will ever feel.” Horrifyingly Zen.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Maggie:</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I fail every day, multiple times. Acknowledging this is both a relief and an incentive. And I try to remember Scout’s description of her father Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird: “Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, he read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jenny:</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I'm learning, and will continue to learn, that I fail as a parent when I don't show them how to be authentic to the person I am. I'm finding that as I stay true to who I am, I'm a better person, friend, mother and wife. It's sooooo easy to lose yourself once you have kids. It's so easy to fall into becoming what you "think" you should be but without being true to myself, I fail at everything! What is hard is now finding myself again after losing myself for so long!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">On what we give up when becoming a mother:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Maggie:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The origin of the word sacrifice means 'to make holy.' Having children should be viewed in this light, not in the modern definition of sacrifice which means giving something up. When we choose to have children, we engage in the act of making something holy or sacred (perhaps life, living, etc), an act that challenges who we think we are, what we think is the right way to live, etc. When we choose to do anything in life, we should do it in this light so we remain dynamic rather than static in our definition of self. For when we think of having children as having to give something up, we undermine having children as a choice and are tempted to think of it as a burden on or challenge to our pre-determined lives. Accepting children into one's life is the attempt to make life sacred and fuller; it is not about trying to maintain one's former self but creating a new, improved self. Just my thoughts . . .</span>Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-11329809559479970482012-01-06T13:43:00.001-08:002012-01-06T13:52:33.276-08:00"All Serious Daring Starts From Within." Eudora Welty<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rAfELB0WCkQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Happy New Year! I hope 2012 will be the year we dare ourselves to take the risks we've always wanted to take, to know that what we do is important to someone, somewhere and to enjoy the challenges ahead. Thank you all for your support. This clip of Merrill Joan Gerber gives you a glimpse into her process and challenges. To read more about her and her work please visit her website <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mjgerber/">here</a>. <br /><br />To make a tax-deductible contribution to LOST IN LIVING, please visit the website <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving/">here</a>. You can also mail a check written out to my fiscal sponsor, "Filmmakers Alliance," c/o Mary Trunk, 1218 East Palm Street, Altadena, CA 91001. Thank you!!! -MaryMary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-23546934235957039712011-12-19T11:56:00.001-08:002011-12-19T12:13:40.482-08:00Happy Holidays 2011Hello Lost In Living Supporters,<br /><br />I can't thank you enough for participating in my film project and supporting me through it. It means so much to me that you are taking part and believing in this important film. <br /><br />I want to wish all of you the happiest of Holidays and the very, very best for 2012. I thought this clip was appropriate for the Holiday season because we can so easily get lost in the material aspects of it all. I think Caren eloquently reminds us that we can be less selfish (even if we don't have children) and we can plug into the cycle of life in many, many ways. Enjoy and please feel free to add your comments, ask questions and share your feelings. <br /><br />Your support has helped us so much in securing an editor to help us finalize the project. And we can still use your help for editing necessities such as sound and color work, output supplies, DVD's, artwork, publicity and to pay a composer for an original score. <br /><br />If you'd like to make a tax-deductible donation before the end of the year, your contribution is greatly appreciated. Please visit the website <a href="http://www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving">here</a> to make a donation on-line or send a check, written out to "Filmmakers Alliance" c/o Mary Trunk, 1218 East Palm Street, Altadena, CA 91001. The Filmmakers Alliance is my 501(c)3 non-profit fiscal sponsor. <br /><br />Thank you again! <br />Mary<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0p_BlViSQkU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-64642885174156016222011-12-07T19:51:00.001-08:002011-12-07T19:57:36.834-08:00What is your birth story?<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qycnKxfTmQs?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />What is your birth story? Your own, your mother's, a friend's... What had the most impact on you? Share one detail, the whole story or just a fragment. In my case it was definitely the most transforming experience I've ever been through. Almost three days of labor, an epidural that only worked on one side, a possible C-section that turned into suction and a baby that was close to nine pounds. A baby that changed my life and still is the most beautiful person I know.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing and thank you for participating in this project.<br /><br />We are also still trying to raise money for LOST IN LIVING, to pay a composer, cover editing supply costs and publicity materials. Your help and support are hugely appreciated. Thank you, MaryMary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-54342763608984504982011-11-27T15:03:00.000-08:002011-11-27T15:06:13.532-08:00When have you failed as a parent?When have you failed as a parent? What is the baggage you don't want to leave with your kid? And what have you learned from your failures? Let me know. I love hearing from you.<br /><br />We are also still trying to raise money for LOST IN LIVING, to pay a composer, cover editing supply costs and publicity materials. Your help and support are hugely appreciated. Thank you, Mary<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KdzUJX6g5Gk?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-74254478816575796542011-11-17T17:21:00.000-08:002011-11-17T18:29:06.605-08:00Baby & Sacrifice: What do you give up?What do you give up when you have children? What do you gain? Let me know. I love hearing from you. <br /><br />We are also still trying to raise money for LOST IN LIVING, to pay a composer, cover editing supply costs and publicity materials. Your help and support are hugely appreciated. Thank you, Mary<br /><br /><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzu9TJ0Aq5_7CJsNFEtT4ndmlFythahPWp_lff0kYLEdeNTM4PMir31hW-qsXeHQFHAf6-zJN-bwDPO7VUuVg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' />Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130053847678066660.post-42894703648345781852011-11-06T10:36:00.000-08:002011-11-06T11:16:08.449-08:00What's so great about creativity?What do you have to say about creativity? What's so great about it for you? Let me know. I love hearing from you. <br /><br />We are also still trying to raise money to pay a composer, cover editing supply costs and publicity materials. Your help and support are hugely appreciated. Thank you, Mary<br /><br /><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzUfHiAI2-68DbJ_CmEgY6NVs9YUvFmrCYGiygS0zweAhn2NoXweVvXV5y7hfyPyvMGu-5KP-uuPbfZCQOBkQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' />Mary Trunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857209020009639899noreply@blogger.com0